Pru Life UK supports Brigada Eskwela 2017
In time for the opening of classes, Pru Life UK has
once again called its employees into action to help with the maintenance and
beautification of Upper Bicutan Elementary School in Taguig. This is in support of the Department of
Education’s (DepEd) 2017 Brigada Eskwela.
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Brigada Eskwela 2017 volunteers together with Upper Bicutan
Elementary School Principal Dr. Cheryl Fernandez (sixth from the left)
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Already on its sixth straight year, Pru Life UK
initiated half-day volunteer activities for four days, which involved the
general cleaning of classrooms, as well as the sanding and varnishing of
students’ armchairs. Considered as the bayanihan for schools, Brigada Eskwela
is a yearly program that fosters volunteerism among government agencies and
non-government organizations to clean and prepare public schools across the
country.
In addition to the cleaning efforts of its
employee-volunteers, the company also donated cleaning and repair materials to
four schools— Bagong Silang Elementary School in Quezon City, Marikina
Elementary School in Marikina City, Philippine Normal University Institute of
Teaching and Learning in Manila as well as Upper Bicutan Elementary School.
Of these four schools, Upper Bicutan
Elementary School, Marikina Elementary School, and Philippine Normal University
Institute of Teaching and Learning are existing partners under the
Cha-Ching Financial Literacy for the Youth Program, Pru Life UK’s flagship
corporate social responsibility initiative.
Cha-Ching is the first multi-country,
multi-platform program that teaches children about the four key concepts of
money management – Earn, Save, Spend, and Donate – and uses an integrated
learning approach, featuring a Cha-Ching music videos, discussions on the
concepts, in-class activities, and take home materials in each session. It was
launched in Hong Kong in 2011 by Prudential Corporation Asia, the regional
headquarters of Pru Life UK.
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Pru Life UK employee-volunteers
refurbish armchairs at Upper Bicutan Elementary School at this year’s Brigada Eskwela
activity.
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The Philippines became the first country to
integrate Cha-Ching in grade school following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement
with the DepEd in April 2012 for the integration of the Cha-Ching Financial
Literacy for the Youth Program in the curriculum of public elementary schools. .
Now on its fifth year, Cha-Ching hits a milestone
as it marks a total reach of 114,000 students in 64 public schools and 36
private educational institutions nationwide. It has likewise mobilized and
trained a total of 1,640 teachers to date.
The Brigada Eskwela activity was made possible
through PRU It Forward, Pru Life UK’s employee-volunteerism and outreach
program.
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